The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, May 22, 1923, Image 1

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VOL- 91. NO. 83
Associatad Press Servlet
ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1923-
A. B. C. Paper
Single Coplea 2 Cento Dally. B Centa Sunday.
Greece Throws Down
Gauntlet To Turks
About
orations
Alexandria Tells Corres
pondents That Greece Is
Ready to Fight If Nec
essary.
TURKS BIX>W UP
BRIDGE, IS REPORT
Consternation in Athens
Follows Report of Blow
ing Up of Bridge By the
Turks.
(By Associated Press.)
ATHENS/—'Turkish troops aro
r/ptirtM to have blown up tho
tirMc" over'- the Maritas , River
,1,1,1.' connects Adrisnople and
Kirau-iib. Is tho rumor which
rose'll, d tills' city Tuesday.
Th„ report.created great con-
ttrrnallnn hero doe to tho already
,trained relations existing between
Turkey amt Greece and the an
!>Hr made at the Lausanne con.
frrence by M. Alexandria. Creel
Foreign Minister, to Ute Torklah
reparations demands.
LAUSANNE.—If. Turkoy Insists
..a war to aottle the question of
tho indemnity she claims la due
from r,roece,.then Greece will ac-
,rj,t the gage of battle. Alex-'
indrta. tho Greek foreign minister,
tolil the foreign correspondents
Monday night.
Tho Greek delegates, he added,
,111 ho withdrawn from the Near
Ksatorn conference this week If
Turkey persists In her reparations
demands.
IT BY POLICE,
IE
Chicago Police Capture
Three Members of Band
Which Raided Many Ky.
Distilleries.
OF
THIRTY-TWO FROM
IjUDE RIVER
Believfed to Be
Bodies Believed to
Thos? of Foreigners At
tempting Entrance to
United States.
MAJORITY THOUGHT
TO BE ITALIANS
Supposed That Victims
Had Been Robbed and
Murdered and Bodies
Thrown Into River.
(By Associatad Prase.)
MEXICO CITY.—Newspaper dls-
patches from Nouvo Laredo state
fBv a,a Dr... \ 1 that thirty-two bodlys, believed' to
rirr/Mrin **!?? *TiTrnA 11 h® thoso of ■tallana and other
i I persons of foreign: birth, who had
members of a band of twenty dls-1 h<1( , robbed and murdorod while
,,a " dl, i- n " fon r or , u " od attempting to enter tho United
2,01,' * c< *, vn p n ,"~' 1,0 “I 1 ®' 1 1 States Illegally, have been rocovcr-
I «I from the waters of tho Rio
ttllery at Deatsvllle, Ky., wore cap.
turod at Waukoogan, Ill., late Mon*
dav night.
Two of tho men captured wero
suffering from severe buckshot
wotinds received’ In tho fight with
tho guards at tho Samuels* dls*
tlllery.
Tho three men boasted to the
nolle* that the bgnd of which thoj
are members had plundered num
erous Kentucky distilleries, saying
that thousands of gallons had been
solved* In raids and that the liquor
thus solved, hnvo furnished Chlra.
go’s chief- rum supply since prohl*
bitten went Into effect.
Tbo men were arrested after on*
. . . . .. i |f them had. summoned a wpmnn
The Turks have given no Indl-i doctor to a shnek on tho outskirts
nilon of Intention to recede from 0 f th | B clt y f to at tend tho two
tbrtr reparatlos dematils, and M. | wounded men. Tho doctor Imtnedl-
Alexandria'declaration that Greece I „ eIy noHnod the 1>0||co and , h .
rcuolrod not to pay one cent | trro8t> followed.
fnS,™ 0 !. 1 1*.,!f' D J amaBl1 '' <"»- Grande. In tho vicinity of Laredo,
ol Indemnity brought Increased
pessimism In conference circles.
Tho Omen foreign mlnlatar de
nied that he had come to Lausan
ne In a bellicose mood but bald
£ Greek army .had been reorgan-
nlnro the overthrow of Con-
re and was now woll equipped
ind armed and able' to take care
of Itself;
With reference to possible war,
M. Alexandria said: "Turkey aeema
in (eel that Greece Waa beaten In
the war and therefore owes an In
demnity. But this is a grave error.
>s Greece waa merely beaten In
haul. In Asia Minor and hostlllttea
sere suspended by tn armistice
which Greece Is trying to trans-
Inrnt Into peace. Bat If the Turks
i mpose to resume the war to ob
tain an Indemnity then Greece ac-
cepis tho challenge.
("My government has determined
to retire from the conference next
• Wednesday or Thoraday, whan the
indemnity question comas up Ir
Plenary aeaaloo. If Turkey Insists
Open an unjust position or any ef
fort Is made to force Greece to ac
cept this position." -
•m. Alexandria repeated the
Creek contention that Turkey and
Greece should mutually renounce
reparations as the only possible
solution.
The second month of the second
ennferenco will open tomorrow In
• trouble# atmosphere, with none
of the xroat laauae aettled.
LITTLE SWITZERLAND
on tho Mexican aide of tho rlvor.
An invoatlgatlon la under way
at Montery. tho dispatches state to
determine the truth of charges that
members of a family In that city
havo been murdering and robbing
tho foreigners whom they have in
veigled into attempting to clandes
tine entrance Into tho United
States.
The finding of the bodies, so
runs the report, has occasioned
the greatest excltment amt from
the number of bodies found
would seem that tho murdors have
picen stretched out ocor a period
of some time. y
It was thought hy some, that the
forelgnors. Ignorant of tho. ways
No Deaths Reported
Suchow Bandits
As Zero Hour Passes
By
OLD TIME SUG
WILL OPEN KIWIS
Ell
6,000 Visiting “Builders”
Expected in Atlanta For
the International Meet
ing.
No Announcement of
Deaths Made By Bandits
As Time Limit Expires
Tuesday.
SITUATION~REMAINS
STILL VERY GRAVE
01. FARMS ICE
LAST JANUARY 1ST
Chinese Troops Are With
drawing Rapidly. Near
est Soldiers Now More
Than 6 Milys Away.
of the country, wero told by pot*
sons that they would slip them
Into the" United State, for a ,um
of monev. Thin sum of money waa
paid and the trio townrdk the Rio
Grande begun. When tho river war
reached and as the foreigners came
Into sight of his goal, he waa taken
unawares by theao persons, who
had -already ascertained how much
money.be had on hla person, and
murdered, tho body being hidden
| lh the river, possibly weighted
I down.
ogy.
ABC’S i
-of—
NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING
eeACINQ. THE AD .
IN BEST POSITION
Te. potltlen of,an advertise,
"•"» on the page takes yen back
•° <ho proposition that “the Sag,
reding ays travail from left
'• rl ahl and down." ■*» advar-
"•*' cinnet change tkla fact, so
hi mutt ,glvt It first consldtra-'
'ivtrtHers -must not forget
'•it people read newspapers foe
'ho now*. Wherever the news
o*S'm tkhre reading begins. An
' -1 -eriiisment occupying the
(By Associated Press.)
GENEVA.—'The Swiss government
reply to tho soviet note of proteai
concerning the aaaasalnatlon at
Lausanne of Vorovsky, soviet en
voy, declares that Swltxerlund hag
a better right to demand explana
tions for the violence suffered by
thousands of Swiss In Russia under
the aoclet regtmo than to glvo thorn
regardlnk the death of one Rus
sian who was an unofficial and
unwelcome visitor. The reply,
which waa drafted by M. Motto,
chief of tho political department,
has been approved by the federal
council.
In regard to charges that Voro*-
ky was not sufficiently protected,
the reply asserts that the Swing
pollen cannot give special super
vision for the protection of every
with the statement that the trial
visitor to the country.. It concludes
of Mauricejfconrnldl. who shot \’or.
ovsky, will be held In duo 8wiss
legal form and that foreign Inter
forence will not bo tolerated.
Defiant Note Is Reply of I
Swiss Government to
Russia. Makes No Apol- TO WILEY BUSH
Says Husband of Discov
erer of -“Mrs. Bush’s
Burn Medicine.” Aided
Barrow Co. Capital.
Major General John S,
Hines Attends Maneuv
ers At Fort Benning In
fantry School.
(By Associated Prpta.)
COLUMBUS.—Tho Bluo yid Rod
armies opposing, factions In tho
maneuvers which aro being held at
Mr "Ilf or a pigs must avsraems j (h|) Infantry school at Fort Ben-
* "'“V haadlcap-^a natural !nlnK and wh | C h Is tho largest that
yof tb« readirfg blind to
•<°p whan Ms aye louts, tho
*>" of 1*0, reading matter.
1 ha suroot way to catch the at-
tinii.n of tho roadsr la to place
'h! Idvartlooipont 00 that tho oyo
travels naturally Into It. Tho
,ar ®. of conscious vision la at-
">ri lovorol Inehta below and to
right at tho linos actually bo-
'"a read. If tho advertisement It
cla >or enough It wUI moot surely
ittontlon.
T "* hair page advortlsomcnt
eiacd at th« bottom at tbo page
"** ,u .1t »• many ahancaa a» being
'cia over the ana at tho top as
• »ra columns to the pigs.
' '"wo are ssvan columns to the
*"e aro will travtl Into tho
lOrirtisemont seven tlmn. if the
JJS* *"•? •» Odvsrklilng. the oyo
otop before It li reschid and
reading down again.
BANNER.HERALD.
By T. LARRY GANTT
The beautiful and thriving little
city of Winder owe* lta origin to
the untiring energy of Wiley Bush.
When that eectlon waa remote from
any railroad, the neareat depot#
being Athena, Atlanta. Social Cir
cle and Gainesville, Wiley Bu#h
bought or Inherited a Urge tract of
land there. He married Ml## Lit-
Imer. a mender of the fine family
of that name. And Mr#. Buah was
a remarkable woman heraelf. She
discovered a specific for burn#
which U undeniably a aplendld
remedy# and Wiley would travel
over the country jelling the medi
cine. Gov. Joseph E, Brown gave
Mr#. Buah*# Burn remedy a atrong
endowment .and.Wiley uaed thl#
testimonial for all It wa# worth.
/Wiley Bu#h wa# a jovUI, good-na
.tured and generous fellow, an<
when he mounted • box to pro
claim the virtue# of hi# burp mcdl*
cine and the boy# began to poke fut
at him. he always turned their
jest# off With some appropriate and
pleasing words. I never knew
Wiley to get out of humor and ev
ery ono was hi# friend.
He qrould follow the circuit of
the courts, .and vfalted every coun*
ty not only In thl# section of Geor
gia but even go Into distiftt part#
and other state#.
But Wiley Buah did not confine
his epergy and‘talent altogether tc
his* burn medicine, but alwnjri
wound up by proclaiming the fu
ture .greatness of Jug Tavern and
tel! his hearers what a wonderful
city would some day bo built OB
that site.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Echoes of the
old "community sings" of the
World War period will be hoard
next Monday night at the Audi-i
torium when the International!
Convention of Kiwnnis Clubs holds
its opening session, it was indica
ted' Monday by the entries in the
over the country.
Following the welcoming ad
dresses by Governor-elect Clifford
L- Walker and Mayor Walter A.
Sims a score or more of Ktwanis
Clubs which pride themselves on
their singing will engage In this
contest, for which prise# will b«
awarded, and the whole 6.000 via-
several of the more familiar Kn-
wanis songs. Jules Brazil the di
minutive French-Cannadian song
leader from Toronto, who paid a
visit to Atlanta hat fall, will ar
LATEST DI8PATCH
Y Bv Associatad P-ess.)
SIIA NO HA I.—The “zero
hour” for the bucjio-v bandits
has passed and so far no an
nouncements havo bco nmadc of
mv executions.
The government troops are
withdrawing from around tho
bandit stronghold as fast aft
possible. The nearest soldiers to
the bandits’ mountain fortress
are now more than six miles
distance.
(ay .Associated Press)
TE1STIN.—Latest advices from
Tsaochwang confirmed, tho com
plete deadlock reported In the ne
gotiations between tho I*okln gov
ernment nn<e' tho Suchow bandits,
rive Sunday and wUI conduct the | i n tho efforts of tho government to
singing at most of the convention j effect the release of the captives
sessions. »hold by the band Ms in their strong
Meeting# of the various com- hold In the Shantung hills,
mlttces. of local Kiwanls will be tj,,, conditions under which tho
foreign captives are held at the
held nearly every day this week,
closing final details for the conven
tion. Arthur Brook's registartion
committee will be engaged in
training 36'girls, drawn from At-
h»nta colleges, in handling the reg
istration of the delegates and via-
itors. All Atlahta Kiwanlana
are expected to register for them
•elves and their wives on Satur
day of thl# week, at Wesley Mem-il
orta! Church, which will be tb*
of most of tho business ae#
FOR C. E. MEETING
Winder, Bishop, Watkins-
ville, Elberton, Ila and
Other Farms to Be Rep
resented May 25.
Delegation, from Winder, Blahop.
Wntklnavllle, Elberton. Ila, Union
Paint and other towna are expect
ed to attend the Christian En
deavor Rail, which will ha held
In the Pint Christian church Fri
day evening, Majr 25th. In addition
to the out-of-town delegatlona, a
large number of young people rep
resenting the varioua organization*
of Atheni will be In attendance.
The alnglng at thla meeting will
lie worth while, alnce Mr. Carl J.
Mattbewa. field secretary for,
Christian Endeavor In Georgia and
Florida will lead the aong aervlco
and .those .who have frevlously
summit of Vnntniku mountain aro
dcacrlbed aa terrible.
There la vlaalhlo uneaalnesa at
the atato department. Officials fear
to make any move, leat tho peril
ous posltiona of tho cnptlves bo
mai> r-tal. One untoward atop at
this critical moment might result
In tho Instant murder of tho pris-
jonetu__ .
Pressure on fho state department
for Aggressive action la growing
■fron-er. ft has boon,Intensified hy
the threat of tho bandits to kill
at least two of their captives, un
less tbo Chinese government troop-
aro withdrawn hy Tuesday.
Secretary Huuhea is trying to
maintain ealm In tho face of this
crowing pressure. Government of
ficials are annovod at suggestions
Equivalent of a City With
the Population Size of
Macon Have Either Left
Ga. or Gone to Cities.
Over $2,000 Worth
Produce Is Sold At
, Athens Curb Market
kre Delighted
11,840 FARMS HAVE
BEEN ABANDONED
Labor Worth $25,000,000
Lost to State. Farm Pro
duce Worth $1,000,000
Gone.
An estimated total of 100,000 per
sona, or the equivalent of (he pop
ulation of a city of the aixe of
Macon, la tho number of white and
black Georgians who have left
farms In (hla state slnco last Jan
uary 1. Of tbla number the greater
part la composed of black citlsens,
although the number of whites
who have abandoned the farms la
placed' at above 15,009. Theao as
tonishing figures and others that
will he given were complied hy
county agents throughout Georgia,
grouped at the Georgia Slate Col
lege of Agricult-ire, and given to
tho public through newspaper cor
respondents for the first time late
Monday afternoon, by Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, president of tho InsUtu-
tlon. ,
In addition'to the large number
of Individuals who have loft Geor
gia farms—and tho most of these
havo even left the atate—It Is
found that 11,540 farms have been
abandoned In Georgia since the
first of lait January. Placing tba
very low productive value on each
of theao farms of 1175. the average
for the whole United States hut
year, It la seen that tho loea In
farm production In Georgia In lass
than flvo months Is IU72.000.
TWO IE KILLED IN
HOME, OTHERS
Barricaded in House Man
Kills Two Officers and
Wounds Pair in Jersey
City.
(By Associatad Frets.)
JERSEY CITY.—Two potlco-
men shot to death and two others
seriously wounded waa the result
of a gun battle hero r Tuesday
Farmers Are Delight
With Results of Market.
Sales Tuesday Over
$400.
IS BIG HELP TO
THEM, THEY SAY
Will Hold Market Twice
Each Week, Tuesday and
Saturday. “Better Than
Expected,” Says One.
morning, when police officials at
tempted to arrest Frank Sayea at
hla residence in connection wflth
a recent hold-up here.
8ayes and hla companion, a wo
man. were finally caught by pollca
reserves after they had been driv
en from the hotlso by gas bomba.
Detective Sergeant Slack and Pa
trolman Ware were (killed out
right and Lieut. Harry Otis and
Detective Walton wore seriously
wounded In the attempt to arrest
Styes.
Six officers went to Sayea' house
to make the arrest Sayea saw
them coming and opened fire from
a rear window of tho bonSh. As
Sayea begun firing. Walton drop,
lied. Otis and Black then rushed
the houso snd gained entrance.
After the two officials had been
In (he hooae lor t few minutes
there came a volley of shots from
the second floor. The two officers
Immediately entered the honse
and found Otla, Black and Ware,
lying outilde tba door of Sayea'
bedroom, the latter two mon dead,
-a. * e*» area Immediately setft In
Zll ‘ t°r the reserves and a ayatemaUc
Salea at the curb Market Tues
day. tho flrat time It has been
opened on that day. exceeded 1450.
according to announcement by the
•Market Superintendent. Total sales
since May 6 amount tn more than
$2,000.
Although only a little over three
weeks old the Curb Market has dc •
lighted both producer and con.
consumer and Is ' proving a big
success. It Is declared.
At total of 105 permits to sell
produce on tho Msrket have been
Issued by Mrs. Besslo Troutman
market master.
At opening hour Tuesday morn
ing every Inch of available spaco
on Broad streot between College
avenue and Lnmpkln wan occupied
with automobiles and wagons load
ed with fresh country produce. '
have left Georgia within the five
months Is estimated to' be CM50,
and -attributing to each of thane
negroes Uia ability to make-ono
dollar a day. the productive value
of tho population that haa left thla
state In five moatha would In the
couree of a year amount to .more
than 525.000,000. -
According to Dr. Soule, who gavo
out these facts, tba situation la
absolutely alarming. Already, be
sayn, Georgia la being forced to lh-
port *0 per cent of the farm pro
duce that It consumes and with
negroes leaving at the rats they
are. and the departntw of tho
plan waa begun to force the cou-- ,lnce , 11
Pie Inside the house to come out; morning
Athens women, who have stood
by the market loyally from the
first day when they patronised It
In n downpour of rain, were on
hand early Tuesday buying vegeta
bles and other products. Many wo
men who never before bought pro.
dues from tho Curb Market wers
seen purchasing produeo Tuesday
morning and appeared much
pleased.
Several producers who have been
attending thp Market regularly
Gas bombs ..were finally brought Rast step made In
Intd play and within g few. minutes "
th* man and women were driven
from tho building.
that Rmrrlcan troops bo sent In. | white# ns woll front tbe^ann, It
Such action would anger the ban
dits and perhaps result In whole
sale slaying of tho entire prisoner
bamt.
Th* course most favored here Is
♦hat forer^nt by the United News
Surdnv nlqht—direct negotiation*
with the ’tendIts. This action was
recommended to tho department
Monday tn »n official cable from
Pekin. Further negotiations be
tween the Chinese government ond
bandit# nrp futile, tho dispatch
stated^
has been staged alnce the war,
were again In contact Tuesday.
Major General Johns Si Hlne#.
deputy chief of stiff arrived from
Washington and waa at field head
quarters Tuesday morning, start
ing a tour of the battlefield'.
BRINDELLIS TUT TO WORK
BEAUTIFYING SING 8INC
NEW YORK—Robert P.. Brlndell
former New York Building Trad.
Union head, now serving a term
In Sing Sing for extortion, was en
trusted yesterday with the task ol
beautifying the prison grounds and
approaches. \
Under ghard and Seriated by 254
other Inmates Brlndell went out
side th# "walla and began con
es. stairways and bridge, opporitr.
tba prison office. The bridges wBj
lead to th# new be* hives, on the
bluff abort the recently elected
garage. , -.
And somehow Wiley Bush pos-
tssnl
the knack of Imparting Into
hla hearers some of hia enthu
siasm. At that time Athens was
beating the buahea for anothsi
railroad. Ilufe Heaves was Mayor
and myself a member of Council
d chairman of the Railroad com#
mlttee. We flrat tried to g#t a
road to Madison, and a committal
of leading business msn—Dr. Hun-
nlcutt among the number—vlaJteb
Madison to try and snllat the aid
of the people of that town. We
reached Madison in the afternoon
expecting to be root with an en
thused crowd and bras# bond but
atructlon of rustle benches, feno- pn our train Hkltlng at the depot
MB- reception committee constated
of a heckman end s hound dec. We
spent the night at the hotel and
the next morning quietly paid our
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heap! him, know Just what to ex
pect. Mr. Mntthewe will sing "It
paye to servo Jesus” at the main
session and this alons will be
dorih coming tn hear. The id
dress of the evening will also h
delivered by Mr. Matthews at nine
o'clock.
The Ladle* Aid Society met
Monday afternoon nnd mado the
final plans for tho serving of the
"Little Fellowship Supper” end tho
arrangements are so completed un
til more than ISO will have the
opportunity of- attending the sup
per which will eommencs’ nt eight
o'clock. Yells and songs will be on
the program. “
"Satan's got a slippery shoe,”
will be sung by "Happy Jack" and
many other Interesting thoughts
SOULE IS TENNESSEE
UNIVERSITY SPEAKER
Is a moat perilous situation.
The way In which the figures
above wero obtain.! la that coun
ty agents In slaty counties mads
actual anrveya and with those as
n basis, the complete estimates for
the entire 100 counties In the state
were obtained. Ih the sixty coun
ties It was found that 26,593 ne
groes had gone from the farms and
0.571 whites and that 4.410 farms
had been deserted. With thle for
a basis, It was found that for the
entire 100 counties, Of,000 negroes
i. • alnce It opened May 5
declared It
GIVE ESSAY CONTEST
and 15,240 whltea had left the
farms and 11340 farms bad been
abandoned.
Athens Men Will
Attend Meeting
Commissioners
Agriculture loft Athens late Mon
day for Knoxville, Tenn., wboro
he will be one of tbo principal
speaker# at the Semi-Centennial
Agricultural celebration t|nt Ih to
b* held at tbo University of Ten
nessee.
Fbr a number of years Dr. Soule
wa# connected with tho University
of TenncHKcc in tho capacity of
dean of the agricultural courses
snd director of the experiment sta
tion there. Ho stated on his do*
patturn that he keenly anticipated
... . . .■ . k bls visit to nn Institution’with
will be /brought out at the supper I wWch hp ha(t bPcn cnnn „ ctod Rm1
In which brought hark to him many
pleaasnt memories.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, presldont Pkairmnn T H Griffith
of Iho Georgia Stalo College of L/fiairmon d. XI. Lrruxein
and H. K. Nicholson Will
Go to Americus Thurs
day and Friday.
reach or all and for 26 cents
one dollar supper will be aerved
Tickets , can' be secured from
"Gerry" Johnson, Jbhn Wright;-,of
Jack Dolton. The. sapper fee 4rltl
not commence to cover the plate
which still,be, prepared by the
Ladles Aid. Brir'fKIs la not the
object, the' mgin thoughts of the
committee In setting the fixed
price, was to assure every person
a part In the great Christian En
deavor Rally with the theme, "The
Dawn of a New Day In < bristian
Endeavor.”
A moat cordial Invlta'li.i . ex
tended everyone to, attend.
* NO TRACE
No trace has been found of the
body of Doritua Shelton, lost In
the waters of tho Oconee river Iasi
wbek. Parties are continuing the
search and watching the surface
of the river for the body to come
np end dynamite fen been used In
an efforth to locate 'the body hat
High water-line handicapped th<J
.earthing parties Oven- day alnce
the youth' went over the dam.
Mrs. J. P. Sims
Dies Near Comer
Mra. Janie I>. Sluia, aged
died Tuoaday morning nt 2:30
o'clock at her residence In Madison
county near Comer nt tho
J»er son. A, T. Sims.
Funeral services will be eon- .,
ducted Thursday morning at 10:301
o’clock from the home of Mr. A T.
Sima and Interment will be
Fork ( emetory, near Carlton, with
Bernstein Brothers, funeral ifirec.
tors. In elmrgo.
Mra. Sims' was u member of the
Baptist church and one cf Madi
son county's best known- women.
Sb* Is survived by three sons,
Willie 8. Sims. Lake Wales; Fla.
Chairman J. H. Griffoth of the
Clarke County Board of Commis
sioners snd Homer K. Nicholson,
county engineer, will probably et
tend the annuel convention of the
Association County Commissioner!
of Georgia In Americus Thursday
ami Friday.
Goverqon-clect Clllfford Walker
will ho one of the principal speak
ers. John N. Holder, chairman.
Ststi* Highway Department, will
speak .on the “Activities of SUte
Hirhway Department
Gordon Sausay, Savannah, will
.apeak on “Future Man Power' of
Georgia." Officers of the associa
tion will bo elected at th* Ameri-
cnat convention n* well ae the next
convention city selected.
Americus haa prepared n splen
did urogram of entertainment and
In addition to conducting business
Scholarships Given For
First, Second and Third
Place in Anhual Essay
Contest.
long time to
ward supplying the farmers with
cash money whllo tho main crops
nre maturing.
"I think It Is one of the finest
movements Athens ever mado," de-
* l:ir--d If, K. Donley of Wlnter-
vllle. ”1 have been hero every Urns
and s<4d out each trip."
'Tho Curb Market haa started
off fine. It will develop Into a big
thing," Says T. A. Henry of Oconee
Heights.
"It Is ono of. the host things
Athens has over done fqr the (arm.
or," asserted J. It. Evans of Tueke-
ton. Mr. Evans has also been a
Tegular visitors to the Market.
Tuesday he sold several gallons of
OInck walnuts. *'I hover would havo
sold them If It had not been for
the Curb Market." ho said. Th*
same thing Is true of other prod -
ni ts that would have been left at
tho homes of the men who bring
Biem to the Curh Market If It bad
not been for tho latter.
* INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — “Why
America fthould. Prohibit Immi
gration for Fire Team," will he
the *ubjeet of the American L*. 1 pCeabYd
glone essay contest which opens! »*The Curb Market Is showing up
May 25 and enda October 12, Gar- : better than 1 expected," said J. J.
FARMERS
landJV. Powell, national director of
the Ifsglon's Amdricaolsm commis
sion:-has tnnonneed.
Th* contest which wUI be con
ducted by the legion's Americanism
commission Is open to nil school
children between the ages of It
ant IS. More than 200,000 children
are expected to submit essays.
In conformity with the purposes
of the teuton's effort which are to
develop an Interest among school
children in the great national, ques
tions of the dsyfaod to encourage
education, tho Americanism com.
mission will sward national prizes.
In Ih* form of three scholarships
for tint, second and third winners
to the cash value of 1750, 1500 end
3260. respectively. They may b»
applied In meeting the expense of
n student's education'In any (mi
lage or university. A silver medal,
bronze medal nnd certificate of
merit will be awarded (o flrat. sec
ond and third state winners. - re
spectively.
Essays wUI be selected n tarn
by county and etate Jud res, ap
pointed by county nnd state ich-ml
officials and legion member*. Win
ning essays In the various states
will be sent to legion national
headquarter* In Indlannpolls,
where they will be judged by three
educator*,of national prominence,
to be named by tho Americanism
commission.
Essays Will- he restricted to 600
words for length. Thourht, style
Adams of Bogart "I am well pleas
ed with the results.” Mr. Adams
has sold hundreds of quarts of
strawberries at tho Curb Market,
which has has already been given
tho credit for saving this year*
strawberry crop.
"Delighted," Is the way Abner
tipratlln of WIntervllle expressed
himself. Mr. Spratlin sold a alrxn
number of squabs Tuesday. He has
brought prodilco * to the market
every day.
Saturday will ho tho next Curb
Market day. Tho new permits 1*1
sued Tuesday were to the follow
ing: J. w. Dickens, Bishop;
Grover Sailors, Nicholson; W. B.
Davis. Athens, route 7: O. A. Pow
er, Jefferson; R. T. Holmes, R. F.
D. A: P. J. Garrett, Hull; Luther
David. Comer; C. II. Wilson, Wln-
tsrvllle.
O. T. Butler, Jefferson: S. R.
Wchunt, Danlelsvlllc; W. V. Pres-
Kenney, Athens Route two; T. A.
•ley. Pendergrass; J. B. Dellinger.
Blahop: J. E. Hooper. WIntervllle;
J. B. Brock. Athens; Willie Roe
Pruitt. Athens Route two; C. W.
Brown, WIntervllle; Fred Jackson,
nedstone.
Sanders Ordained
At Comer Church
Madison association the counjy originality of treatment. In
homo "< commissioners are asured e fine! >>" the basic con-
Hme In the Sumter couhty metrop- t deratlons ln ludglng' esMy*. ac-
H‘ COR- ..it. pnrHfnd tn Mr Pnw*1I Qnoll nr snd
all effort# have proved fttlle J. P. Sims. Atlanta; Albert T. 81ms,
far. ' ’ Madison i Countv? torn danshten
Mr*. Tv., s. McCurdy. Comer, Mrs.
I. A Teasley, Comer: one brother,
W. 1L Cari then, corner..
DR. HOLMES RESIGNS
AS GORDON PRESIDENT
BARNESVILLE, Ga—Dr. E. T.
Holmes, tor the put II year*
president of Gordon, h*s tendered
his resignation with the purpose
to sever his connection with
the Institution when the
term eloses with th* gr .
emrclses Tuesday evening,
29. His resignation will o* s
source of regret to hundreds of
friend* nnd natrons of the school
throughout the ttate,
confine tn Mr. Powell. Spelling and
penmanahlpp will be considered
More than 50.000 children sub
mitted essays In the contest held
last year by the legion on the sub
ject. "How Can the American Le
sion Best Serve theh Nation." Ah
Sing Chlng, of Ewa Oahu, Hawaii,
n fourteen-year-old schoolboy of
Chinese descent, won first prise;
Second plaae win won by Miss
Pnallne Virginia Chastain, of In.
dleu polls, while Joseph Glnndona-
to. or Bridgeport. Conn., who sub
mitted an essay In blank verse,
captured third prize. „ .
Ini
HH—
COMER, Ga.—On Sunday night.
May 20th, 1923. Rev. Arthur N.
Sanders was ordained to the mln-
l/try ol the gospel at the Comer
Baptist church. Comer, Ga. Mr.
Sanders la a graduate of Mercer
University end tills year completed
the full course at the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary t
Louisville. Ky. He takes charge .
the Bantlst church at Clayton. AU
as pastor, right away. •
The ordination sermon
preached by the Rev. W. M. <
of WIntervllle, the exsml
was made hy Rev. W. 1>. 1
Jr.vpasior nt Corner.
The charges to the Candida
the church were by Re,
Edwards cf Athens, -tnd
vcntatlon of the Rlble by
A. White, Coiner.